Nahum (KJV)
3 chapters · 47 verses. Choose a chapter to read it in the King James Version.
About the Book of Nahum
Nahum proclaims the downfall of Nineveh, the cruel capital of Assyria, as God's judgment on oppression. It comforts the oppressed by affirming that the LORD is just and will not leave the guilty unpunished.
- Genre
- Prophecy (minor)
- Author
- Traditionally attributed to the prophet Nahum
- First audience
- Judah, against Nineveh
How to read it: Read this oracle in its historical setting against Assyria, hearing its assurance that God holds tyrants accountable.
It opens: “The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.” (Nahum 1:1)
Chapters
Key verses in Nahum
The verses of Nahum that the rest of Scripture cross-references most often.
The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.
The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.
She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness.
Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts; and I will discover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame.